Electronic typewriter having an electronic display

Abstract

A word processing system for displaying and reproducing alphanumeric characters on a photocopy machine capable of scanning an original document, having a housing including an electronic keyboard with keys representing individual alphanumeric characters, the housing including a display for viewing a portion of the information keys, and a memory circuit coupled to said keyboard for storing and spacing the alphanumeric indicia in memory. A microprocessor circuit, having an algorythm circuit, is coupled to the memory circuit for converting the stored alphanumeric indicia from the memory to a line of dots by comparison with the algorythm circuit; and at least one elongated, solid state reflective display strip, having a single line of reflective dots defining its display screen, is disposed transversely to the scanning direction of the photocopy machine, the strip being coupled to the microprocessor, the microprocessor addressing the proper column of dots in a row to produce the top portion of a complete line of alphanumeric characters on the screen, addressing the same column of dots in the next sequential row, so that the top portion of the characters are shifted one space up to display the adjacent lower portion of the character line on the screen, so that, after a plurality of addressing cycles, the stored alphanumeric indicia, which are converted to a line of dots and reproduced on the screen, are scrolled synchronously in the same direction and at the same speed as the scanning speed of the photocopy machine.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A word processing system for displaying and reproducing alphanumeric characters on a photocopy machine capable of scanning an original document, comprising: a housing including an electronic keyboard with keys representing individual alphanumeric characters, said housing including a display for viewing a portion of the information keyed;   a memory circuit coupled to said keyboard for storing and spacing the alphanumeric indicia in memory;   a microprocessor circuit, having an algorythm circuit and coupled to said memory circuit for converting the stored alphanumeric indicia from the memory to a line of dots by comparison with the algorythm; and   at least one elongated, solid state reflective display strip, having a single line of reflective dots defining its display screen, and disposed transversely to the scanning direction of the photocopy machine, said strip being coupled to the microprocessor, said microprocessor addressing the proper column of dots in a row to produce the top portion of a complete line of alphanumeric characters on said screen, addressing the same column of dots in the next sequential row, so that the top portion of the characters are shifted one space up to display the adjacent lower portion of the character line on said screen, so that after a plurality of addressing cycles, the stored alphanumeric indicia are converted to a line of dots and reproduced on said screen, and are scrolled synchronously in the same direction and at the same speed as the scanning speed of the photocopy machine.   
     
     
       2. The word processing system as recited in claim 1 wherein said at least one solid state reflective display strip comprises a liquid crystal display. 
     
     
       3. The word processing system as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one solid state display strip comprises an electrochromic display.